PHOTO STORY: Faces Of 12 Of The 15 Domestic Workers Held In Prison Since 2019 By Patience Jonathan Over Missing Jewellery

In a blatant usurpation of Nigeria’s law provisions connected the presumption of innocence, erstwhile First Lady Patience Jonathan has kept 15 of her home unit locked up successful Bayelsa State’s Okaka Correctional Centre since 2019 implicit an unproven lawsuit of robbery.

SaharaReporters gathered that these workers person been rotting down bars without a tribunal conviction, arsenic their proceedings has been repeatedly stalled connected the orders of the influential erstwhile First Lady.

Emmanuel Aginwa

Emeka Benson

Vincent Olabiyi

Precious Kingsley

SaharaReporters exclusively obtained photos of 12 of the home workers who person been imprisoned for astir six years.

Golden Vivian

Williams Alami

Erema Déborah

Tamunokuro Abaku

They see Williams Alami, Vincent Olabiyi, Ebuka Cosmos, John Dashe, Tamunokuro Abaku, Emmanuel Aginwa, Erema Deborah, Precious Kingsley, Tamunosiki Achese, Sunday Reginald, Vivian Golden, and Emeka Benson.

Ebuka Cosmos

Tamunosiki

John Dashe

The remaining three—Boma Oba, Salomi Wareboka, and Sahabi Lima—are not pictured.